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Remote would probably be the equivalent of Borderline(---).
Dale - regarding your post #7, are we sure that bug wasn't fixed already? My notes include the line "Beta10c - fixed default music write-path problem"
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![]() I know it says "remote," but I hope you can put "Borderline(+)" after "Starfish on glass."
![]() What has occurred to me (which I've posted before) is that one animation could be built of the starfish climbing up onto the glass. That's not the hard part. The hard part is you never know what angle the starfish will be rotated when it wants to climb up onto the glass. My thought for this was that the animation would start with the starfish at a specific position and rotation. Before the starfish can climb up, one of the 5 arms has to be touching the glass. Then there would be a "morph" to get the arms to line up with the starting point of the 'climb' animation. Then invisibly, the starfish would rotate around so that it lines up with the correct rotation that it needs to be to match the animation. It might look a little clunky before it's received some tuning, but having the starfish slowly climb would be very cool. ![]()
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Jim it might be a interim solution, but just to get the starfish on the glass to satisfy users until you do the actual work where people can see it get there - make it go on the glass while the aquarium is dollied to the other side of the aquarium.
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![]() make it go on the glass while the aquarium is dollied to the other side of the aquarium.
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Previously, getting the starfish onto the glass didn't work for folks who had automatic lighting disabled.
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Rick,
![]() ![]() Somehow it sounded better in my head. Of course I only use one monitor as well.
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![]() Dale - regarding your post #7, are we sure that bug wasn't fixed already? My notes include the line "Beta10c - fixed default music write-path problem"
![]() A. The thread referenced in Post #7 was started December 2009. Well after 10c and 10d. B. See (for a start) post #20 in the referenced thread. Summary: modal differences in behavior between simulation mode and screensaver preview mode. |
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A really simple addition...
Until the adjustable background lighting/colouring can be implemented, the registry hack that Jim gave us some time ago is relatively simple to make, assuming you don't mind monkeying around in the registry.
However, for those who prefer the simple life ![]() Using the function keys F1 to F4 will simply return the colours back to the current MA3 defaults. The BackgroundBottomColor ff113111 and BackgroundTopColor ff000040 in the script can be changed to whatever you want. But those two values give a rather nice effect, IMHO. (See below...) |
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![]() Somehow it sounded better in my head. Of course I only use one monitor as well.
![]() In order for this to qualify as a "simple" thing to do, I think Jim only has one of two options... 1) place a user option in the settings to allow for always showing the starfish either on the glass, or off of the glass. That way the end user could select where they want the starfish to appear. Not a very good solution, but probably the easiest since it avoids the entire transition problem. 2) work out a light cycling solution and transition the starfish in the same way as in v2. Of course, both of these depend on the routines for displaying the starfish on the glass already being in place. If Jim has to do more work to add that in, then I doubt the starfish on glass CAN be added in as a "simple" addition. |
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3) When MA3 starts, starfish is (randomly? alternately?) in one of the two modes, and stays in that mode.
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![]() 1) place a user option in the settings to allow for always showing the starfish either on the glass, or off of the glass. That way the end user could select where they want the starfish to appear. Not a very good solution, but probably the easiest since it avoids the entire transition problem.
![]() ![]() 3) When MA3 starts, starfish is (randomly? alternately?) in one of the two modes, and stays in that mode.
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![]() OK! How about we compromise and say that the starfish can be set to a)floor b)glass or c)random in the settings?
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What if there was some turbulence when the starfish wanted to climb up the glass..Perhaps a release of bubbles that would make a temporary local cloud. when it dissolved the starfish is on the glass, same routine when it wants to come off.
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Wow - which button do I press to make all that happen?
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![]() What if there was some turbulence when the starfish wanted to climb up the glass..Perhaps a release of bubbles that would make a temporary local cloud. when it dissolved the starfish is on the glass, same routine when it wants to come off.
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A desk top short cut
In one of the settings columns could you add a icon (for a better word) so that a desk to short cut can be made. As you might know I lost my Desk top Icon how??? It took me a long while to find a link program hidden in my C:\ windows etc plus I was getting very frustrated. Even if the Short Cut is removed it can be easily replaced I hope this is one worth considering. Secondly a quick and easy method of selecting your own music. Flip/Keith ![]() ![]() |
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![]() Secondly a quick and easy method of selecting your own music.
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A really simple addition
Cliff.
I like your choice of the background top colour and would want to replicate it. My registry shows the following which does not seem to fully relate to your suggested entries. "BackgroundTopColor Reg_DWORD 0xff5599ff(4283800063)" I opened your script with WordPad. I could not find Jim's registry hack. |
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A really simple addition...
clifdene,
You are quite correct!... that is what the entry looks like in the registry, but you only need to change the hexadecimal number. If you make the change in the registry itself.... Change only the six digit number after the ff, to the hexadecimal number for the colour you want. DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE. (And don't forget the ff) And if you use or change the script, it MUST be in the style shown in that script, ie... "BackgroundTopColor"=dword:ff000040 For the record... here's - Jim's registry hack! |
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